Floosietek FTGate 1.05 Mailbox Lock denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Floosietek FTGate 1.05. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Mailbox Lock. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-2082. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Floosietek FTGate 1.05 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Mailbox Lock. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

FTGate and FTGate Pro 1.05 lock user mailboxes before authentication succeeds, which allows remote attackers to lock the mailboxes of other users.

The bug was discovered 04/03/2002. The weakness was shared 12/31/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-2082 since 07/14/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 272 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 74101 (Floosietek FTGate USER Command Mailbox Lock Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (8751), SecurityFocus (BID 4429†), OSVDB (60052†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-10503†). The entries VDB-19722 and VDB-19720 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

04/03/2002 🔍
04/03/2002 +0 days 🔍
04/04/2002 +1 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +271 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
07/14/2005 +926 days 🔍
02/28/2006 +229 days 🔍
08/06/2014 +3081 days 🔍
08/30/2025 +4042 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2002-2082 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-2082
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19724
X-Force: 8751
SecurityFocus: 4429 - Floosietek FTGate USER Command Mailbox Lock Vulnerability
OSVDB: 60052 - Floosietek - FTGate - USER Command - Mailbox Lock Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 10503 - FTGate Allows Remote Attackers to Lock Other Users Mailboxes, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2014 10:13
Updated: 08/30/2025 16:24
Changes: 08/06/2014 10:13 (58), 06/14/2019 18:48 (4), 08/30/2025 16:24 (20)
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